Cecilia Rouse
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Cecilia Elena Rouse is an American
economist
and the Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. On March 20, 2009 she was formally confirmed as a member of President Barack Obama
's Council of Economic Advisers
; she returned to Princeton March 1, 2011.
Rouse attributes the development of her educational career to traveling and exploring as a young child and the "importance my parents placed on learning." Her brother and sister hold Ph.Ds in physics and visual anthropology, respectively.
Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Rouse served in the National Economic Council
under President Bill Clinton
from 1998 to 1999.
She has two daughters, Nidal Morrison, and Safa Morrison. Her husband is Ford Morrison
United States
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economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and the Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. On March 20, 2009 she was formally confirmed as a member of President Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
's Council of Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President that advises the President of the United States on economic policy...
; she returned to Princeton March 1, 2011.
Formal education
Rouse received her B.A. in economics from Harvard University, graduating magna cum laude in 1986 and then staying on to obtain a Ph.D. in economics in 1992. She then became a professor of economics at Princeton University the same year she graduated.Personal life
Cecilia grew up in Del Mar, Cal. She has two siblings - Forest Rouse, a physicist, and Carolyn Rouse, an anthropologist and professor at Princeton University. Her father is a research physicist who received his PhD from Caltech in 1956. Her mother worked as a school psychologist.Rouse attributes the development of her educational career to traveling and exploring as a young child and the "importance my parents placed on learning." Her brother and sister hold Ph.Ds in physics and visual anthropology, respectively.
Career
Rouse is the Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She has also been a senior editor of The Future of Children and the Journal of Labor Economics.Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Rouse served in the National Economic Council
National Economic Council
The National Economic Council of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering economic policy matters, separate from matters relating to domestic policy, which are the domain of the Domestic Policy Council...
under President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
from 1998 to 1999.
She has two daughters, Nidal Morrison, and Safa Morrison. Her husband is Ford Morrison